# United States U-1 Unemployment Rate

United States U-1 Unemployment Rate was 1.9% in October 2026, up 0.10 percentage points from September 2026 and up 0.10 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since November 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.1% (Apr 2020) to 5.1% (Aug 2020), averaging 1.7%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `US.U1.M.SA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1996-01-01 to 2026-10-01 (369 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/u-1-unemployment-rate

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| October 2026 | 1.9% |
| September 2026 | 1.8% |
| August 2026 | 1.8% |
| July 2026 | 1.7% |
| June 2026 | 1.8% |
| May 2026 | 1.8% |
| April 2026 | 1.7% |
| March 2026 | 1.8% |
| February 2026 | 1.8% |
| January 2026 | 1.8% |
| December 2025 | 1.8% |
| November 2025 | 1.8% |
| September 2025 | 1.8% |
| August 2025 | 1.7% |
| July 2025 | 1.8% |
| June 2025 | 1.6% |
| May 2025 | 1.5% |
| April 2025 | 1.6% |
| March 2025 | 1.5% |
| February 2025 | 1.5% |
| January 2025 | 1.5% |
| December 2024 | 1.6% |
| November 2024 | 1.7% |
| October 2024 | 1.7% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.U1.M.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.U1.M.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```